{"id":"thag7.3","title":"Bhadda","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag7.3","title":"Bhadda","units":[{"id":"thag7.3:0","sourceIds":["thag7.3:0.1","thag7.3:0.2","thag7.3:0.3","thag7.3:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 7.3\nSattakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nBhaddattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 7.3\nThe Book of the Sevens\nChapter One\nBhadda"}},{"id":"thag7.3:1","sourceIds":["thag7.3:1.1","thag7.3:1.2","thag7.3:1.3","thag7.3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ekaputto ahaṁ āsiṁ,\npiyo mātu piyo pitu;\nBahūhi vatacariyāhi,\nladdho āyācanāhi ca.","en":"I was an only child,\nloved by my mother and father.\nThey had me by practicing\nmany supplications and observances."}},{"id":"thag7.3:2","sourceIds":["thag7.3:2.1","thag7.3:2.2","thag7.3:2.3","thag7.3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te ca maṁ anukampāya,\natthakāmā hitesino;\nUbho pitā ca mātā ca,\nbuddhassa upanāmayuṁ.","en":"Out of sympathy for me\nwishing me well and wanting the best for me,\nmy mother and father\ntook me to see the Buddha."}},{"id":"thag7.3:3","sourceIds":["thag7.3:3.1","thag7.3:3.2","thag7.3:3.3","thag7.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Kicchā laddho ayaṁ putto,\nsukhumālo sukhedhito;\nImaṁ dadāma te nātha,\njinassa paricārakaṁ’.","en":"“We had this son with difficulty;\nhe is delicate and pampered.\nWe offer him to you, Lord,\nto attend upon the victor.”"}},{"id":"thag7.3:4","sourceIds":["thag7.3:4.1","thag7.3:4.2","thag7.3:4.3","thag7.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satthā ca maṁ paṭiggayha,\nānandaṁ etadabravi;\n‘Pabbājehi imaṁ khippaṁ,\nhessatyājāniyo ayaṁ’.","en":"The teacher, having accepted me,\ndeclared to Ānanda:\n“Quickly give him the going-forth—\nthis one will be a thoroughbred!”"}},{"id":"thag7.3:5","sourceIds":["thag7.3:5.1","thag7.3:5.2","thag7.3:5.3","thag7.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pabbājetvāna maṁ satthā,\nvihāraṁ pāvisī jino;\nAnoggatasmiṁ sūriyasmiṁ,\ntato cittaṁ vimucci me.","en":"After he, the Teacher, had sent me forth,\nthe victor entered his dwelling.\nBefore the sun set\nmy mind was freed."}},{"id":"thag7.3:6","sourceIds":["thag7.3:6.1","thag7.3:6.2","thag7.3:6.3","thag7.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato satthā nirākatvā,\npaṭisallānavuṭṭhito;\n‘Ehi bhaddā’ti maṁ āha,\nsā me āsūpasampadā.","en":"Consequently, the Teacher didn’t neglect me;\nwhen he came out from seclusion,\nhe said: “Come Bhadda!”\nThat was my ordination."}},{"id":"thag7.3:7","sourceIds":["thag7.3:7.1","thag7.3:7.2","thag7.3:7.3","thag7.3:7.4","thag7.3:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jātiyā sattavassena,\nladdhā me upasampadā;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\naho dhammasudhammatā”ti.\n… Bhaddo thero ….","en":"At seven years old\nI received ordination.\nI’ve attained the three knowledges;\noh, the clear rightness of the teaching!"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag7.3/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}